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Year-end CD Round-up, Part 1: Rosanne Philippens’ Prokofiev, Dover Quartet’s “Voices of Defiance,” Longleash’s “Passage,” Michael Gielen Edition Vol. 4, and Barbara Hannigan’s “Crazy Girl Crazy”

December 18, 2017
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Reviews of performances that are energetic, immediate, muscular, and simply breathtaking.

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The Arts on Stamps of the World — December 17

December 17, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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Coming Attractions: December 17 through January 2 — What Will Light Your Fire

December 17, 2017
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual arts, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

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The Arts on Stamps of the World — December 16

December 16, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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Concert Review: DakhaBrakha — Music of Ecstatic Energy

December 15, 2017
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The members of DakhaBrakha have created something uniquely their own — “folk-punk.”

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Concert Review: Singer Jamie Barton Makes No Ordinary Debut

December 15, 2017
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What is surprising is that, along with the extraordinary power of her voice, Jamie Barton’s luminous smile won me over before she sang a note.

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Visual Arts Review: Leonard Cohen — Une Breche En Toute Chose/A Crack in Everything

December 15, 2017
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This ingenious and expansive multi-media museum production will please fans of Leonard Cohen’s art and those new to his artistry.

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The Arts on Stamps of the World — December 15

December 15, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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Poetry Review: The Golden Age of Russian Poetry — Revisited

December 14, 2017
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Here, then, are two books that provide a fine literary introduction to one of the richest flowerings of poetry in European culture.

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Poetry Review: “A Word For It” — Poetry, From out of the Dictionary

December 14, 2017
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Warren Slesinger’s approach to poetry is experimental but skillful as well as entertaining.

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